Mark Ford: Hemi engine rebuild : Part 1

Sweet!!!!!!

Thumpity thumpity time

 

IF Mark doesn't stay away from JoYo's deep fryer he won't fit in his coupe anymore ha ha

 

Haha. He has his own. Fried meatballs + totinos pizza rolls= heaven (til about three a.m.)

 

Great job. These old engines require the correct machine work after years of abuse. Looks like it is in good hands. Cool!

 

Can't wait to hear it rumble. Great work, guys. That's one nice machine shop, too!!! Holy Crap!

 

Boy, you've been waitin' awhile to post that one......


"Mr. Ford is to Traditional Rod and Kulture as Bo Huff is to Old Skool Rodz." - Buzzard

 

Bad ass Mark!

 

Lookin good Mark. From the list of parts your using , that sucker is going to be packin' some heat. Cant wait to see it run.

 

Damn. I am sure D.W. is gonna be bummed that wheelies no longer qualify You as a bad ass.

 

That's looking good. When can we expect you back on the road so we can all stand around and slobber.

 

That hemi looks great. Congrats Mark. I imagine you lie awake at night imagining what it's going to sound(and drive) like.

 

The Heads, as received had a chamber volume of 81cc.

When Mocked up, the stock pistons were .020 below the deck @ TDC.

 

Too cool. My Dad owns a small machine shop doing older engines, and he has that exact same boring bar...same one he bought when he was in his early 20's.

 

Wow, isn't a stock head something like 102cc?

 

Those heads were bone stock.

 

After you break-in the motor and make a few passes at Mokan, I wanna ride shotgun.

 

Quick shot of the progress... Should be done soon Mark!

 

THAT RULES!! Lookin' sweet man!

 

Wow! Congrats Mark and nice Job Kevin and gang.
Mark.....just wait for the roadster (grudge match)

 

You don't even know dude...........

 

Great thread. Keep "em coming. Have a 56 330 also. It's stuck, hope the bores are not to bad. Hope I can get the pistons out with out much trouble. Good Work, very well done.

 

I don't know a darn thing about HEMI's, but I have a question. How much dome is in those pistons? What is the target compression ratio? With the head CC and the pistons being that deep in the hole, it seems like the compression is gonna be pretty low? Even with a real small gasket it seems like it'd take a pretty tall piston to get the compression up. Or am I missing something in the HEMI to SBC conversion?

I'm sure ya'll have it figured out, I'm just trying to learn a little something about HEMI's.

 

Im hoping for at least 6 to 1.

 

ha!!

 

Boy, I don't know if'n you'll get that much! ;-)

 

Cool stuff and nice progress pics.
My 392 was bored with a Kwikway-boringbar as well!

 

Well this just KICKS ASS!!! Great thread guys and congrats to Mark!! Can't WAIT to see this together and REALLY can't wait to hear it!! Keep the updates coming!

Mark, what is that oil pump you are running?

 

Geez, what's next, paint?